Simple question
 

What horror film has been most important to the genre?

probably the halloween series

The Shining. A masterpiece of modern horror.

Pyscho spawned a lot of slasher films.

Tough to say, At first I was going to say Nosferatu, the silent film but I think Killer Clown is right it would have to be Psycho.

Most recently 28 Days Later, and House of a 1,000 Corpses.

I feel they are important to the success of horror in the near-future.

Beacuse 28 Days was so commercial and it wasn't a typical mass marketed horror flick.

And for House of 1,000 Corpses beacuse it was pretty disturbing for the attention that it recieved. With Rob Zombie using an old-school approach maybe more horror will be brought out with an old-school approach as-well. I don't think that would be such a bad idea.

To answer my own question, I'm going to say The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. After all, it was essentially the first horror film....and German Expressionism at its finest.

Hot shit that thread is gone!! I think it blew up!!!

You are very right.

omg how the hell do u know all this shit about horror